Chris Nadler, a stroke and melanoma survivor, has been a Methodist regular for the better part of the past decade. But instead of relying on pain medication alone, the year-old Council Bluffs man trusted a nurse to complete a Healing Touch treatment β a nonpharmacological approach to pain management that Methodist offers.
I know it helps me. Chris met Svoboda in the Methodist Hospital cardiac unit following a heart surgery in March. Svoboda explained that she was trained in Healing Touch. She knew a variety of techniques that involved either lightly touching or placing her hands just above certain areas of his body to help smooth out and balance energy within and around his body.
And it helps to create restoration and alignment of the body and a sense of well-being. And I even tell them about the positive and negative electrons that are bouncing around creating energy all the time.
She noted that the five-course, energy-based therapy training was developed by a registered nurse. It just goes along nicely with that great care that the patients are already getting at Methodist.
And it helps facilitate their own healing. Bies provided Healing Touch treatments in the Methodist Hospital cardiac unit for three months in early Pre- and post-ratings of anxiety, pain and nausea were documented for each patient. Many saw significant improvements in each category, and nearly all said that they would receive the treatment again.
